Ready to Move

In the big picture all of this seems simple and straight forward. We are moving our family of four to Germany, indefinitely. It's an industrialized first world nation. People move there all the time. They have Internet and coffee, kids are adaptable and ours are young. We will have a house and a job when we get there.

But the hourly details of it threaten to overwhelm me.

We just had a fantastic Skype date with a couple from our ministry in Alaksa (they're now in Massachusets.) We "met" their 4 month old son, and they encouraged us in preparation for our new ministry just how impactful we had been on them.  It's a good reminder of the big picture.

But when my 15 month old wakes up in the middle of the night confused about where he is (we just had the carpets cleaned and his room is empty), it worries me.  He might sleep in 7 different places in the coming weeks. Or rather be put to bed, the sleeping question is what worries me. Will he sleep? Because the sun still comes up every morning whether or not the babies sleep.

Parenting often seems like a train with no brakes, I'm just trying to keep it from derailing. Oh and build a bridge across the Atlantic after crossing the Mississippi and heading through the Appalachains. We love our ministry to the military. Today's challenge is my ministry to my children, my ministry to my family. Yup, missionaries struggle there too.

Time to make lunch, thanks for reading!
Elaine